Light beam hysteresis in liquid crystals
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Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on Photonics Technologies, Fotonica AEIT 2014 |
| Publisher | IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY PRESS |
| ISBN (Print) | 9788887237177 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on Photonics Technologies, Fotonica AEIT 2014 - Naples, Italy Duration: 12 May 2014 → 14 May 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | 2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on Photonics Technologies, Fotonica AEIT 2014 |
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| Country | Italy |
| City | Naples |
| Period | 12/05/14 → 14/05/14 |
Abstract
We investigate optical bistability with light beams propagating in reorientational nematic liquid crystals. In a given interval of input powers, light beams can propagate in either diffracting or soliton states, depending on the 'history' of the system. We use biased planar samples exhibiting an abrupt self-focusing response with threshold.
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Keywords
- Hysteresis, Nematic liquid crystal, Obtical bistability, Spatial soliton